Film treating apparatus

Claim 1

IN A FILM TREATING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, A SERIES OF TREATING TANKS LOCATED ADJACENT EACH OTHER IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE AND MEANS FORMING A DRYING CHAMBER LOCATED AFTER AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SERIES OF TANKS; AN ELONGATED BAR; MOVING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID BAR FOR MOVING THE SAME IN SUCCESSION THROUGH THE SERIES OF TANKS AND THEN THROUGH THE DRYING CHAMBER; A PLURALITY OF PINS CARRIED BY SAID BAR AND EXTENDING THEREFROM; SUPPORT MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF TANKS FOR SUPPORTING A FILM TO BE TREATED IN A POSITION WHERE IT WILL BE ENGAGED BY SAID PINS TO BE CARRIED BY THE LATTER WITH SAID BAR THROUGH THE SERIES OF TANKS AND THEN THROUGH THE DRYING CHAMBER; STRIPPER MEANS LOCATED ALONG THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE BAR AFTER THE LATTER HAS MOVED THROUGH A PREDETERMINED PORTION AT LEAST OF THE DRYING CHAMBER TO STRIP THE FILM FROM SAID PINS; AND ADJUSTABLE, LIGHT-TIGHT MEANS LOCATED OVER SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A CASSETTE IN A POSITION WHERE A FILM TO BE TREATED CAN BE DELIVERED FROM SAID CASSETTE TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS IN READINESS TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID PINS.